Tom: C
Introdução: C
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One day the little house
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Was surprised to see
F C
A car on the dirt road
F C
Where a carriage used to be
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Pretty soon there were more
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And as time passed
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The surveyors came
F C
And drew a line in the grass
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The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
F C Dm G
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
C G F C
The little house, she could never be sold
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So she sat and watched the building of the road
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First it was gasoline stations
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And roadside stands
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As roads became highways
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And carved up the land
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Everything moved
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Much faster than before
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Then the city came and knocked
F C
On the little house's door
G F C
The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
F C Dm G
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
C G F C
The little house, she could never be sold
F C G C
So she sat and watched the building of the road
G F C F C Dm G
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C G F C F C Dm C
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G F C F C Dm G
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C G F C F C Dm C G
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No more children playing in the brook
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No more daisies covering the hill
F C F C
No more harvest gatherings
Dm G
No more apple trees in blossom
C G F C F C Dm G C
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